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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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